Kansas Statutes 74-4911e. Election by elected officials to continue membership after service terminates; employer and employee rates of contribution, limitations; revocation; application of Kansas public employees retirement act
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 74-4911e
- Act: means the Kansas deferred retirement option program act;
(2) "board" means the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system;
(3) "DROP" means the deferred retirement option program established by Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-4986l
- compensation: means the same as such term is defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-49,202
- employee: means the same as such term is defined in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-49,202
- executive director: means the managing officer of the system as defined in subsection (16) of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 74-4932
- member: means any member of the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system who is eligible to participate in the DROP and who elects to participate in the DROP as provided in this act;
(7) "monthly DROP accrual" means the amount equal to the monthly retirement benefit that would have been payable to the member had the member terminated service and retired on the day the member elected; and
(8) "system" means the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system. See Kansas Statutes 74-4986l
- participating employer: means an eligible employer who has agreed to make contributions to the system on behalf of its employees first hired on or after July 1, 2009. See Kansas Statutes 74-49,202
- Retirement system: means the Kansas public employees retirement system, the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system, the state school retirement system, the Kansas highway patrol pension fund, the Kansas bureau of investigation pension fund, the Kansas retirement fund for judges, or the Kansas retirement fund for official court reporters. See Kansas Statutes 74-49,109
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- system: means the Kansas public employees retirement system. See Kansas Statutes 74-49,302
(a) Each person who is an elected official on and after January 1, 1985, and who is a member of the Kansas public employees retirement system, may elect to continue to participate in the Kansas public employees retirement system under the provisions of this act after the date such person’s service as an elected official terminates unless such person immediately becomes an employee of another participating employer. Such person’s election is valid only if such person files notice of such election in the office of the executive director of the Kansas public employees retirement system, in a form acceptable to the system, within 30 days of the termination of such person’s service as an elected official.
(b) For the purposes of contributions to and benefits under the Kansas public employees retirement system, compensation of such members shall be a monthly amount equal to the greater of (1) the compensation to which the elected official was entitled for services as an elected official during the period January 15 to February 14, inclusive, of the most recent year, or (2) the monthly amount of such person’s compensation at the time that such person’s service as an elected official terminates. The employer rate of contribution for the state of Kansas and employee rate of contribution shall be applied to such amounts monthly. Such person shall remit the required employer and employee contributions to the system quarterly in advance with a report as may be required by the system.
(c) Any election by such person under subsection (a) shall remain in effect until revoked in writing and received by the system or such person becomes an employee of another participating employer or upon failure of such person to remit to the system the employer and employee contributions required under subsection (b).
(d) This act or acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto shall become a part of the Kansas public employees retirement act as defined in subsection (2) of Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 74-4902 and amendments thereto and shall be governed thereby in all respects, except if words and phrases used in this act appear to have a different meaning, the provisions of this act shall prevail.
(e) The provisions of subsection (2) of Kan. Stat. Ann. §§ 74-4916 and amendments thereto are not applicable to any person making an election under subsection (a).
(f) No election shall be made as provided in subsection (a) after June 30, 1998.